The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-10-13
From Texas.


denounce, experiences but to grumble.
Like the insect and the bee which met
upon the same flower, the one con-
tending that the flower contained
nothing but poison, the other that only
honey was there; so we find that for
which We are seeking. and insist that
naught else can be discovered. This
week | shall transform into AN OPP
timist and suggest some more friendly
features of the Lone Star" state.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
summers are long and the heat con-
siderable, yet it is seldom oppressive.
since there is an almost incessant
breeze from the Gulf. This breeze,
unlike the air that frequently stirs in
most localities during hot weather, is
exceedingly refreshing, laden as it is
with moisture from the Gulf. With
the thermometer at 100 degrees, and
good stiff breeze, one suffers no incon-
venience from heat.
The soil in most parts of the State
is a sandy prairie Of inexhaustible fer
tility Many fields have been under
continuous cultivation for twenty-five
or thirty years, and will still produce
equal to the bottom lands Of Ohio.
The following concerning the State IS
taken from the Galveston News. one
of the leading papers in South:
1.-The State of Texas extends from
the 26th to the 36th parallel Of north
latitude, and lies between the 18th
l.and 30th meridians of longitude west
from Washington. 1t is the largest
State in the Union, has 274, ,356 square
miles, being much larger than En-
gland or France, or New York, Penn
sylvania, Mississippi and Louisiana
combined, and is divided into 227
countiee, eleven of which border on
the Gulf Of Mexico and seven on the
Rio Grande Beginning with level
coast, entirely free Of rock, the altitude
gradually increases through to the
northern boundary. The soil is uni
versally characterized as being the
most fertile and productive in the
known world. Her bottom lands sur
pass any yet discovered on the globe.
She j, also possessed of the greatest
variety Of soils, that Of the south
eastern sections, being composed Of
black loan or bottom lands, is better
adapted to the production of sugar and
cotton, though the latter yields abun-
dantlv on the prairies and uplands.
The fine coffee-colored soil Of The
prairies grows unequaled crops of
wheat, barley, corn. oats, and all the
cereals, while nature provides sus-
tenance every year for more than
100000 cattle. The eastern and
northeastern portions contain the
finest forests Of ash, boisd arc, oak,
cypress, walnut and pine to be found
west of the Mississippi River. The
average temperature for the year
round is about 80 degrees, varying
from so degrees in the winter to so
degrees in the summer, thus producing
climate only equaled by Italy.
Over three-fourths of this vast
territory is capable of the highest
stage Of agricultural and pastoral de-
velopment She is an empire capable
of sustaining an untold quantity of
animal life. She inherits the ele-
ments of material and political great
ness in an eminent degree. Her un-
developed resources are almost beyond
computation. The State. is merely in
her infancy-her possibilities for the
future can'scarcely be- foretold. She
is possessed Of all the essentials Of
greatness. The provision of the State
for the education of her youth is mu-
nifcent. The civil government Of the
State is managed upon economical
principles. The appropriations for
the State government of Texas for the
year ending February %, 1880, aggre-
gate but 81, 1,218,571O0. This is only
a fraction in excess. of fifty cents per
head Of the population of the State,
and includes interest on the public
debt and provision for the sinking
fund. With population Of 100000
this rate of taxation is but one-fourth
Of what the Al ,O5S,1 ,139 inhabitants of
Germany pay; and it is seventeen
times less than what is required of the
1854, ,859 inhabitants of Austria, and
thirty-one times less than what
France exacts from her 35,9O5,79
subjects.
What Texas requires above all
things is population to develop her
wonderful resources. Her capacity to
support in af1uence and comfort mil
lions upon millions from the over
crowded countries of the Old World
and from the Eastern States is beyond
question. 1t is claimed for the State
Of Texas over any other section that
nowhere else is such diversity of pro-
duction possible, nor is there country
possessing more natural resources
within her own borders, nor one that
can be made more nearly self-sustain-
ing. It is claimed that nowhere else
can as good land, in as large quanti-
ties, as near to good markets, be had
at as low prices-lands upon whi ch
may be grown successfully almost
every production known in the
markets Of the world. 1t is claimed
that no country affords healthier or